The Refreshed Moms Podcast

There's a running joke in my family and with my friends about my son.

Everyone that knows him knows he's this soft-spoken, gentle, laid back kid that is easy to be around and caused zero disturbances or trouble.

The joke: "Except for year #4."

Something happened when my son turned four years old - it has gone down in history as my roughest year of parenting, and to this day we have zero clue why.

Tantrums and throwing hard things against the wall were his anger expressions of choice, and when he was in that place Eddie and I just could not console him.

He was tossed out of preschool class, children's church, and it was a common scene to see me walk over his flailing body as he kicked and screamed on the floor - at home or in the middle of Target.

I felt like I was failing him as a mom, and I could feel the silent judgment of others as they watched my son and me in the middle of one of his big feelings expressions.

My only answer was prayer (and thank God he met me there with answers), but oh how I would have loved to have my guest in my life those years ago.

In this episode, my sweet friend, Boy Parenting Expert and Creator of the Out With Aggression Parenting Course Tosha Shore, is chatting with me about how she teaches us moms with sons how to parent boys peacefully, and is on a mission to create a more peaceful world, one sweet boy at a time by supporting you to care for yourself, connect with your boy deeply, set limits lovingly, and play wildly! 

What you'll hear:

• How Tosha believes boys struggling with aggression are being misunderstood. 
• More insight on my story with the season I walked through with my son when began exhibiting aggressive behaviors.
• The process she takes parents through when they're looking for a way to stop their boy's aggression.
• The one thing parents can do today that will help their boys and bring peace to their families.

Sign up for Tosha's FREE 10-Day Reconnect Workshop by clicking my affiliate link below:
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God, spiritually refreshed, and financially fulfilled.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for f

Meal planning and execution have long been a stressor for me (how about you?).

Heated discussions have been had, tears have been shed, and I've often been left with a long grocery list of (what felt like) demands from all the players in my home regarding how they want to be fed.

In some way, I was going to wave my magic wand to create dinners that reflected every one's preferences and dietary needs - every night.

Listen, if you have this magic wand, please throw me the Amazon link, cause it's as good as bought.

But, if you're more like I was - a frustrated, tearful mess staring at the Instacart screen trying to make dinner happen for my lovely family - and happen quickly, cause my life is really full and spending long hours in the kitchen is just not realistic these days - I see you.

And I want to help you turn what currently feels stressful into opportunities for deep connection with your children at the dinner table.

I'm chatting with my friend and Meal Planning Ninja Marie Fiebach of Feed Your Family Tonight about how we can eliminate meal planning stress and approach it from a more refreshing space, as well as the ways we've used the dinner meal to nurture and gently parent our children in what has now become a safe conversation oasis for us all.

What you'll hear:

• Why are family dinners important to us.
• How Marie manages family dinner with busy schedules for all and picky eaters.
• How to foster a culture of stability and connection around the family dinner table.
• And of course, some simple meal planning hacks that could possibly save your sanity. LOL.

CONNECT WITH MARIE
Feedyourfamilytonight.com

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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God, spiritually refreshed, and financially fulfilled.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

If you're feeling like you're not moving as fast as you desire with your business, revenue, or ministry goals, this episode is exactly for you.

I'm interrupting the Parenting Well Podcast Series to share this short but important message on how God is in  your slow movement.

Moving faster and achieving big things in short periods of time is the way of our culture.

"My kid was reading at 3 years old!"

"I lost the baby weight 1 month after giving birth!"

"My business made $100k in its first year!"

"I ran a mile in 6 minutes!"

We celebrate and validate fast often.

But sometimes, God asks us for slower movement, slower pace, and smaller bite-sized goals along the way.

Guess what - he's just as powerful in the slow seasons as he is in the faster ones (if not more).

In this short solo episode, I want to encourage you if you're in a season of slow - you know, the one where you feel like your kids won't let you be great because you can't get anything done with them around... or the one where you think your business should be making more money by now than it actually is... or possibly there's something you've been trusting God for for awhile and it feels like he's not even listening - that kinda season.

God is all up in the slow, my friend. I hope this message encourages you to stay the course, and celebrate how your life of obedience to one small thing at a time reflects your faithfulness.
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God, spiritually refreshed, and financially fulfilled.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I'm ready to bet that every parent - at some time or another - deals with behavior issues from at least one of their children.

The range of severity definitely differs from family to family, but when it's happening with your son or daughter, you're not trying to compare levels - it all feels hard when you're in the middle of it.

And, there could be an extra level of difficulty if you're parenting children that are not neurotypical - these behaviors can last a very long time and are not as easily curbed by traditional parenting tools and hacks.

It can be exhausting to say the least.

How do you keep yourself in the parenting game without apathy?
How do you extend your child grace?
How do you extend it to yourself?

In Episode #3 of The Parenting Well Series, my friend and Post Adoption Parenting Coach Melissa Corkum and I chat about the nuances of parenting challenging behaviors, and how the brain science around nervous system care can be your best friend when applying  it to your parenting, as well as to your own well being.

CONNECT WITH MELISSA
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The Compassion Challenge for the Discouraged Adoptive Parent: An on-demand video training so you can rebuild your compassion for your child and enjoy parenting again.

Understand why your child pushes you away, why you're not a bad parent because you're losing patience, and shed the feelings of shame and guilt. There is hope, and you can regain that compassion!

theadoptionconnection.com/refreshedmoms
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God, spiritually refreshed, and financially fulfilled.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

For many parents, sex is a challenging topic to tackle with kids.

We live in a culture that does a very good job with providing access to sex topics, images, opinions, and experiences, but a poor job in navigating the devastating aftermaths of the trauma of "too much too soon" our children deal with - leaving them with so many feelings and questions.

Do our kids dare ask us, their Christian parents, about any of it? Is it taboo to share about their sexuality in the home? Are their friend groups a safer space for them to inquire and explore?

As a parent of teens, my answer to this question is, "Well dang, I hope not, but I honestly don't know."

Here's the thing - sex is beautiful... at least it should be beautiful... because it was created by a God who only makes beautiful things.

And it's my dream as a mother for my kids to enjoy healthy, pleasurable, amazing sex with their spouses one day.

So, I'm thinking I have to jump in there and do all I can to make sure I combat the secular approaches to sex that I know my kids have access to, with the beauty of God's intended desires around it - tearing down the walls of shame and embarrassment, and cultivating green pastures of freedom and peace.

In Episode 2 of The Parenting Well Series, Mom, Author, and Sex Therapist Cath Hakanson and I are chatting about the importance of learning how to talk to our kids about sex, no matter their age or if you feel like that ship has sailed and you're too late to the game.  Join us as we explore how to gently guide a child's sexual character and values in order to give them the best chance of enjoying healthy, godly sex when it's time.

CONNECT WITH CATH
Cath's website: sexedrescue.com

My PDF on books Eddie and I have used with our children over the years.
Christian Sex Education Books to Read with Your Kids - download the PDF by clicking here.
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How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

Maybe you've bought the same lie I bought.

You know, the one that says I can have it all and be it all.

If you don't know my story, then you don't know how I lived much of my early parenting life living as if that was true, and attempted to work 40+ hour weeks, homeschool my two very young children, manage the home (groceries, cleaning, etc.), volunteer at church, and spend time with God (OK, I wasn't really doing that last one).

And... let's not forget being a present wife, sister, daughter, and friend.

I was a walking, talking burned out woman before I began to realize I had to let some stuff go.

Maybe it was youth and ignorance that had me there, but I thank God I'm not there anymore (well, most days I'm not).

And being the Rest Consultant I am, I think it's only fitting to kick off my new series on Parenting Well with an episode on doing and being less.

In this episode, Parenting Coach Pam Snyder exhorts us mom leaders by telling us we do not have to try to be it all or do it all, that staying present and focused on the moment God has called us to is modeling for your children how to quiet the noise of the world, and when we surrender what we cannot be or do, we actually submit to who God wants us to really be.

Imagine that.

CONNECT WITH PAM
fruitfulfamiliescoaching.com
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I'm thrilled to celebrate my 100th episode with the Refreshed Moms Podcast!

I wanted to do an "Ask Me Anything" type of episode, so I asked my community to submit questions that they wanted me to cover on this episode.

Let me tell ya, the range of topics was huge and the number of questions were too many to respond to in one episode, but I narrowed it down to 10 questions and 10 answers.

In this episode, I'm taking time to celebrate 100 episodes recorded with the Refreshed Moms Podcast, and pausing my normal flow to answer questions for the Refreshed Moms community.

Some of the questions asked include the following:
How do I handle being a mom, homeschooler, being active in church, running a business and non-profit?

What is my favorite way to celebrate after achieving a goal?

What is my favorite story as a business owner?

What is the most important lesson I've taught my son?

How do you sabbath rest with a family, especially when you have teenagers that are doing their own things?

And more!
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

How to Pray in Color Video Tutorial

Busy mom leaders struggling to prioritize prayer can turn rushed, distracted attempts into connected intimacy in minutes with this refreshing approach to spending time with God.

deannamason.com/prayingincolor

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

January is the most popular month of the year for resets, gaining clarity, fasting and praying.

One of the spaces I love taking a break from is social media. I welcome the breaks whenever I can get them.

But, I literally get paid to be on social media, and much of my business communication happens here as well.

So how does one approach a social media sabbatical when you still have to work?

In this episode, I'm sharing what I do when I need to step away from social spaces while still having to work in them - maybe it will bless you as well.
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Grab the Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 self-guided virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I'm bookending this series with my thoughts on what I believe are some of the most important considerations mom entrepreneurs should make as they are business building.

Well, important considerations if you desire for God to guide your steps as you build.

Everybody can learn marketing.

Everybody can get good at marketing their business if they work at it.

But only you can obey God's voice as he speaks to you about how to work, lead, and serve.

In this episode, I'm sharing my thoughts about the differences between normal business building - which I talked about in episodes 2 - 5 in this series - and divine business building, which in my opinion, is the only way to do what we do.
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I have some good news for you.

You don't have to be an expert marketer to enjoy a refreshing business earning rewarding income.

There, I said it.

You only have to learn how to be a pretty good marketer of your stuff.

You don't need perfection - you just need effective.

And guess what - you don't have to do a whole lot of things to accomplish that.

Think about it - how much money do you really need to pay yourself to make your life feel different?

Would earning a check of $3,000 - $5,000 a month (while only working part time hours mind you) be enough to take financial pressure off your household while you raise those babies of yours?

For most moms who are new to business while doing the SAHM thing, the answer is yes.

And you just don't have to do a ton of marketing to achieve that goal, but you do have to do some.

In this no bells-or-whistles episode (I literally just flipped out my mic and started talking), I'm sharing my thoughts on how to leverage simple marketing approaches to get more people in front of the things you sell, and it's my prayer that it takes some of the pressure off of you as you build a refreshing business that you love.
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Grab the Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 self-guided virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest & Business Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms